The French Con Man Who Fooled The FBI — How A 23-Year-Old Impersonated A Missing Texas Boy And Lived With His Family For Months
Understanding the psychological mechanism does not eliminate the harm that was caused.
It does provide a framework for understanding how sophisticated the exploitation of this mechanism was, and why the deception was so difficult to challenge from within the situation.
The Specific Trauma Of False Hope
Psychologists and grief researchers have documented a specific form of harm that occurs when grieving people are given false hope and then have it taken away — a harm that can sometimes be more damaging than the original loss.
This counterintuitive finding reflects the psychological work involved in adapting to loss.
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